Local Sports

October 20, 2014

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

The fall high school sports play-offs begin Tuesday.
Here is where and against whom our area teams will be in action with.
FIELD HOCKEY
# 2 North Country (9-5) will host Montpelier (2-11-1) on Thursday at 3:00.
Head-to-head: North Country won both times (3-1 & 2-0) when the two teams squared off this season.
BOYS SOCCER
Top seeded Lake Region (12-2) will host # 16 Oxbow (3-11) on Tuesday at 3:00.
Head-to-head: Lake Region won both times (5-0 & 4-0) these two teams met.
# 4 Craftsbury (11-3) will host # 13 Blue Mountain 1-12) on Tuesday at 3:00.

October 16, 2014

By

Staff Reports

NEWPORT-Newport is getting a new sports talk radio station as part of a radio station shuffle spearheaded by the Northeast Kingdomâ€™s Vermont Broadcast Associates, owners of stations in the Newport, St. Johnsbury and Littleton areas.
For the full story, see the the Express on 10-17-14.

October 15, 2014

By

Mike Olmstead, Sports Editor

NEWPORTâ€“For the first time in the 2014 season the North Country field hockey team lost back-to-back games as they dropped a 2-1 contest in overtime to the D II U-32 Raiders on Wednesday afternoon.
For the full story, see the Express on 10-16-14.